Abstract

Liver and kidney are vital organ that play an important role of detoxification and biotransformation of drugs and toxins. These organs are major target in safety assessment of preclinical toxicity and in oncogenicity studies with rodents.

Highlights

  • Birth trauma is defined as injury sustained by the neonate during the process of labour and delivery

  • As regards baby’s weight, the highest percentage (39.1%) of babies with birth injuries have birth weight between 3.1-3.5kg, followed by babies with birth weight between 3.6-4.0kg which account for 21.7%

  • As regards hospital/facility of delivery, the table shows that majority (67.4%) delivered at tertiary hospitals, while 8.7%, 10.9% and 13.0% were delivered at Primary health care centers, General hospitals and Private hospitals respectively

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Introduction

Birth trauma is defined as injury sustained by the neonate during the process of labour and delivery. The incidence in the united states is 29 per 1000 births [1]. Some birth injuries occurred more frequently than others. While minor ones usually heal without major intervention, the major ones are often referred. Certain factors such as birth weight, parity, prolonged labour, mode of delivery, fetal presentation and facility where baby was delivered are possible etiologic factors. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern of neonatal birth injuries presenting in a typical orthopedic clinic in a Nigerian hospital and the possible associated factors

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